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[PATCH] config: deprecate using "" as boolean value false.

From: Christian Couder <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:44:12
Subsystem: the rest · Maintainer: Linus Torvalds

Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <redacted>
---
 config.c |   13 ++++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 526a3f4..b5f1a11 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -300,8 +300,19 @@ int git_config_bool(const char *name, const char *value)
 {
 	if (!value)
 		return 1;
-	if (!*value)
+	if (!*value) {
+		fprintf(stderr,
+			"Warning: using an empty value for boolean config "
+			"variables is deprecated.\n"
+			"An empty value currently means 'false' as a "
+			"boolean, but may very well means 'true' in the "
+			"future!\n"
+			"Please consider using a 'false' value explicitely "
+			"for variable '%s', so that your config is future "
+			"proof. You can do that using:\n"
+			"\tgit config %s false\n", name, name);
 		return 0;
+	}
 	if (!strcasecmp(value, "true") || !strcasecmp(value, "yes"))
 		return 1;
 	if (!strcasecmp(value, "false") || !strcasecmp(value, "no"))
-- 
1.5.4.20.gc135a-dirty
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